photo: Robert Fuhro

Here’s a new Moon with energy more like a full Moon! That’s because the planet Uranus stands exactly opposite Sun and Moon. Uranus is perfectly positioned to demand we ‘discard the past’, while Sun and Moon revel in ‘stability.’ If you recently moved from one home to another, or cleaned out a closet, or discovered a long forgotten treasure, you know: value shifts from moment to moment.

photo: Sarah Fuhro

Sun and Moon nuzzle in Scorpio, a place of dark memories, and deep caves. Venus and Mars are there as well. All of them are deeply aware of what Scorpio planets represent, the turn inward, the mystery which cannot be spoken, what has has been built up over many years of stone and water. The Sabian Symbol for the degree of Sun and Moon: ‘A massive rocky shore resists the pounding of the sea,’ explains our desire to hold on to stability. Uranus sits directly across from that carefully carved stability, and says,’ What next?’

photo: Bruce Lhuillier

The degree of Uranus opposite the happy couple who seek a secure future, is at the degree with this Sabian Symbol: ‘A widow at an open grave.’ With the demand to ‘discard the past,’ to begin anew at a higher level of intention, Uranus suggests let’s all be ‘more inclusive and universal, less egocentric.’ Sun and Moon are in the sign of Scorpio, associated with death, and release, yet their symbol of rocky resistance to the sea, seems more like the secure, earthy sign of Taurus where Uranus is located and watches them.

Opposite demands pound on our door, just when we need to rest. It must be something to do with the season! If you calculate dates by the lunar cycle, and look at the Ogham (tree) calendar, you will see this is the entry to the month of Ngetal, the Reed. It’s time to sink deep roots, but bend with the wind. Plants in the garden seem to be doing just that, roots growing down, but dying on top.

photo Sarah Fuhro

Take a moment to feel these opposing energies inside you. On the one hand, you may feel especially appreciative of what is solid and secure in your life, even as you are aware of changes bubbling beneath the surface. It may be this is particularly prescient for the environmental movement. The comfort of the world built on plastic and fossil fuels, is coming unraveled. The rocky shore is not going to be battered down by the waves, but will be covered over by an ocean filled with melted glaciers. The widow at the grave will have so many species to mourn, she won’t be able to ask: ‘What next.’

photo: Bruce Lhuillier

But there may also be hope as the consequences of our way of life, becomes impossible to ignore. Saturn works his way towards Pluto, and on this day of new beginnings, Mars is in a perfect square to Saturn. If this were the script of a play instead of an astrology chart, we would see that pressure (Saturn) is fueled by karmic action (Mars in Libra) and will soon collide with the Lord of the Underworld himself..Pluto. The Earth is not without resources. The sign of Capricorn where Saturn and Pluto will meet is about organization. There is a world wide tension between the desire to tear down or strengthen political and financial structures.

photo: Bruce Lhuillier

Here is a poem by friend: Aaron Greene, which describes what new Moon energy in late October feels like.

Entwinement

Autumn’s unfold–

Leaves turn to gold

The night wind blows cold

As darkness takes hold

Icy lace shrouds every blade

Of grass and leaf on every tree

Morning mist fills every glade

And sunset fire burns mournfully

Earth and moon hold fast in love

Through every turn of tides and years

As “him below” and “her above”

Entwined are in passion and tears.

Aaron Greene

* Sabian Symbols were recorded by Marc Edmund Jones, astrologer and Laura Wheeler, a psychic in 1925. Laura Wheeler envisioned an image for each of the 360 degrees of the zodiac. Later they were written up by the astrologer, musician, Dane Rudhyar, in his book The Astrology of Personality.

Sarah Fuhro The Wisdom Tradition evolved over the centuries to address our deepest human needs. Sarah Fuhro is a practitioner of its many forms; including Astrology, Tarot, Flower Essences and Druidry. For an appointment call 508 740 7039 or email her at sarahfuhro@gmail.com. In addition to personal consultations, Sarah teaches workshops and private classes, offering both clients and students knowledge powerfully rooted in the past, presented in the language of the present.

Bruce Lhuillier Is a French artist and photographer currently living in the Greater Boston area. His ability to capture spirit in his photos and paintings is both unique and visionary. You can find his work on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/Barknstone.